on handling rising gas prices. mitt romney also tried to seize on the momentum shift. >> we want to make sure that we have a candidate go up against president obama who will can make the case about energy and our future, who can draw a sharp contrast. >> these people are ideologically committed to a fantasyland. if you read the president's energy speeches, he's in cuckoo land. >> the south is not alone. hawaii and american samoa hold caucuses today. >>> tom has the forecast. we have drizzle around the area, and it's going to continue? >> yeah, around the metro area, drizzle. to the south the rain is coming down hard in parts of southern maryland, northern neck and eastern shore. those areas, pockets of yellow, that's where it's coming down harder. the radar showing a few scattered sprinkles around washington and our western and northern suburbs. and farther south and east, the pockets of yellow, st. mary's county, northern neck of virginia and around cambridge and east -- the eastern shore, moderate showers passing to the east. behind that, scattered sprinkles from the blue ridge to the metro